Director's Corner

The recent ICFA seminar addressed many topics and chartered the future physics landscape to fine and, if in the further future, less fine detail, says Harry Weerts, Americas Regional Director for the Linear Collider Collaboration. But he thinks one important thing is lacking: a mechanism on how to achieve consensus on what constitutes the global programme for particle physics in the future.

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Takuya Tasso, Governor of Iwate Prefecture in Japan, visited CERN on 10 November. He wanted to see CERN's activities as a laboratory at the frontier of particle physics and its contribution to world-wide science and education, as well as learn about its social impact.

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A team at Fermilab has developed a new technique to use a magnetron to power a superconducting radio-frequency accelerating cavity, potentially saving hundreds of millions of dollars in the construction and operating costs of future linear accelerators.

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達増知事は１０日、ＣＥＲＮを訪問した。ＩＬＣの計画実現に向け、ロルフ・ディエター・ホイヤー所長、ＩＬＣ国際研究者のトップで、リニアコライダー・コラボレーション（ＬＣＣ）のディレクターのリン・エバンス氏と意見交換した。エバンス氏は「北上に向けて設計のデザインを始めている。日本政府の早い決断が必要」と対応を急ぐべきだと強調した。Iwate prefecture governor, Tatsuya Tasso visited CERN on 10 November, and discussed with CERN Director general, Rolf Heuer, and LCC Director, Lyn Evance about the realisation of the ILC. Evans said “We are on the site specific design for the construction at Kitakami site. We are waiting for the decision by Japanese government.”

Scientists working on an experiment at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in the US have taken a step forward in developing a technology which could significantly reduce the size of particle accelerators.